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Hicks: Prince Harry angers Taliban leaders with comments on his service in Afghanistan

By Tony Hicks

Contra Costa Times

Posted:
01/23/2013 11:02:52 AM PST

Updated:
01/23/2013 01:48:05 PM PST

The Taliban isn't happy with Prince Harry.

The British royal recently spoke to the media about his just-ended four-month tour in Afghanistan, saying he killed Taliban fighters from a helicopter and reportedly likened it to playing video games.

"I am one of those people who like playing PlayStation and Xbox, so with my thumbs I would like to think that I am quite useful," he said.

Not surprisingly, the Taliban responded.

"This is a serious war, a historic war, resistance for us, for our people," a Taliban spokesman told Agence France-Presse. "And now this prince comes and compares this war with his games, PlayStation or whatever he calls it."

The spokesman added, "We don't take his comments very seriously, as we have all seen and heard many foreign soldiers, occupiers who come to Afghanistan, develop some kind of mental problems on their way out."